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Photo: Helen Maybanks ©2020 DWA LLC Also available as an eBook Currency Press • The performing arts publisher www.currencypress.com.auwww.currency.com.au 2 ACTING & DIRECTING ACTING & DIRECTING Mike Abbott THE ACTING BOOK The Acting Book offers various ways to analyse a text and to create character, using not only the established processes of Stanislavsky and Meisner, but also new ones developed by the author over many years of teaching drama students. It also sets out a wide range of rehearsal techniques and improvisations. 9781848421448 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Mike Alfreds DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT: Rehearsals & Performance Techniques for Actors & Directors Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theatre. It is the most complete rehearsal methodology in print since Stanislavsky. It offers a vital masterclass for actors and directors, packed with techniques for bringing the text to life and keeping it alive—both in rehearsal and performance. 9781854599674 PB Nick Hern Books, UK THEN WHAT HAPPENS? Storytelling and Adapting for the Theatre Mike Alfreds makes the case for putting story and storytelling back at the heart of theatre, and shows how each story demands its own set of dramatic choices. He explores the process of adapting for the stage, and investigates the techniques that actors need to perform ‘story-theatre’. This book includes over 200 exercises, improvisations and workshops, drawing on examples from legends and folklore to contemporary fiction. 9781848422704 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Laura Barnett ADVICE FROM THE PLAYERS Tips and guidance on every aspect of the actors’ craft, direct from some of the best- known stars of stage and screen, including Julie Walters, Lenny Henry, Harriet Walter, Simon Callow, Mark Gatiss, David Harewood, Jo Brand, Simon Russell Beale, Lesley Manville, Zawe Ashton and Mathew Horne. 9781848423589 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Arthur Bartow (Editor) HANDBOOK OF ACTING TECHNIQUES Ten of the 20th century’s most influential acting methods, now in one volume. This book is the first comprehensive survey of the major acting techniques developed over the past 60 years, including: Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Michael Chekhov, Uta Hagen, Jerzy Grotowski. Each technique is studied in terms of its development, described by a leading contemporary practitioner, and made available for actors wishing to explore it themselves. 9781854595423 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Currency Press • The performing arts publisher www.currency.com.au 3 ACTING & DIRECTING Mike Bradwell INVENTING THE TRUTH: Devising and Directing for the Theatre Throughout a lifetime of experience—as an actor for Mike Leigh, founder of Hull Truck, Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, and subsequently as a freelance director —Mike Bradwell has forged a reputation as a theatrical innovator and risk-taker. This book begins by exploring the process of devising a play by working intensively through character and improvisation with a group of actors. The second half of the book describes in detail how the nuanced work involved in devising characters from scratch can be applied to a pre-existing text. Inventing the Truth offers practitioners a unique account of the techniques involved in devising or directing plays to the highest standard. 9781848421530 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Michael Bray SO YOU WANT TO ACT ON SCREEN An essential handbook for anyone who wants to act on television and film – by a leading teacher of screen acting. Michael Bray takes you step by step through all the challenges you'll face, demystifying the processes you'll encounter, and helping you develop the necessary skills. Full of invaluable advice, extracts from screenplays, numerous illustrations and practical exercises—which can be undertaken on your own, using the camera on your phone—this book is an accessible and authoritative guide to developing a successful career as a screen actor. 9781848420717 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Marina Caldarone / Maggie Lloyd-Williams ACTIONS: The Actor’s Thesaurus A vital companion for actors in rehearsal. Actors need actions. In order to perform an action truthfully and convincingly, an actor needs to find exactly the right action for a line or a situation. This book operates as a thesaurus of active verbs, which the actor can use to help make the action come alive. 9781854596741 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Dymphna Callery THROUGH THE BODY: A practical guide to physical theatre A pioneering guide to the increasingly popular form of physical theatre, Through the Body uses exercises to explore the theories of key 20th century theatre practitioners such as Artaud and Lecoq. Includes workshops on awareness, articulation, energy and mask-work. 9781854596307 PB Nick Hern Books, UK THE ACTIVE TEXT: Unlocking Plays Through Physical Theatre Many theatre practitioners think of physical theatre as one thing and text-based theatre as another. In this book, Dymphna Callery, shows how exercises and rehearsal techniques associated with physical and devised theatre can be applied to scripted plays. Working ‘through the body’ enables performers to discover what really makes a play work. Packed with theatre games, improvisation exercises and rehearsal techniques, The Active Text is an inspirational guide for performers, directors, students and teachers. 9781848421271 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Currency Press • The performing arts publisher www.currency.com.au 4 ACTING & DIRECTING Mark Channon LEARNING YOUR LINES This accessible, systematic guide will teach you how to memorise your lines quickly and effectively, and let go of the fear of forgetting them—helping you build confidence and focus, and reducing anxiety and stress around auditions, rehearsal and performance. 9781848429710 PB Nick Hern Books, UK Ivana Chubbuck THE POWER OF THE ACTOR: The Chubbuck technique What do Brad Pitt, Jon Voight, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Shue, Jim Carrey and Halle Berry have in common? They have all been taught by America’s premier acting teacher, Ivana Chubbuck. Based on the acting methods of great masters such as Stanislavski, Hagen and Meisner, Ivana Chubbuck’s technique incorporates psychology and behavioural science. Through this book the actor learns to find themselves within their character by endowing their situation and surroundings with emotional resonances drawn from their own experience. 9780868197791 PB Currency Press, Australia Mel Churcher A SCREEN ACTING WORKSHOP A comprehensive course in screen acting, written by an internationally renowned teacher and acting coach who has worked with Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie and Keira Knightley. Mel Churcher has developed a series of five workshops which take actors step by step through the process of creating, developing and delivering assured performances on screen. Accompanied by a DVD showing all the work in action, this book lets you use the workshops at your own pace. 9781848420557 PB + DVD Nick Hern Books, UK Paul Clayton SO YOU WANT TO BE A CORPORATE ACTOR? A practical guide for actors who want to work in the corporate sector, by a veteran with over 1400 corporate events credits. Clayton shows how work like training, coaching, role-plays, Forum Theatre and live events can keep you in paid employment, and your skills sharp, while looking for traditional acting opportunities.Written with humour and insight, this is a must-read for actors wishing to broaden their skills and make themselves more employable at all stages of their career. 9781848422810 PB Nick Hern Books, UK THE WORKING ACTOR: The Essential Guide to a Successful Career Written by the Chairman of the Actors Centre, with over forty years’ experience as an actor himself, The Working Actor is the essential guide to putting yourself in the best possible position to get work, to keep getting it, and to make a living from it. The Working Actor is an inspiring, reassuring book for actors of all ages and backgrounds—from recent graduates, to more experienced professionals—who want to take their career to the next level. It won’t teach you how to act—but it will teach you how to be an actor.